Aerial Aquaculture Pond Monitoring for Multi-Pond Use Intensity Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current aquaculture pond monitoring systems are costly and inefficient, particularly for monitoring individual open-air ponds, making it prohibitive for external breeding tanks.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for monitoring aquaculture ponds using aerial parameters, including acquiring and analyzing aerial sensor data to determine the intensity of use, comparing it to reference intensities, and generating breeding results and urgency scores to facilitate disease treatment and productivity assessment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional water-based sensors and monitoring devices are deployed in each aquaculture pond, then monitoring precision and reliability are improved, but system cost and device complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses aerial images as copies or representations of the actual pond surfaces, extracting monitoring information from these remote copies rather than deploying physical sensors in each pond. This allows multiple ponds to be monitored through a unified aerial imaging system, reducing per-pond device complexity while maintaining monitoring coverage
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs a single aerial imaging platform that can monitor multiple aquaculture ponds simultaneously, making the monitoring device universal across different locations. This multi-functional approach replaces the need for dedicated sensors in each pond, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining reliable monitoring across the entire aquaculture facility
2Measurement precision
If multiple individual ponds are monitored separately with dedicated sensors, then monitoring precision is maintained, but cost and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the monitoring of multiple individual ponds into a single aerial imaging operation. By capturing images of multiple ponds simultaneously and processing them through unified image analysis algorithms, the system maintains measurement precision for each pond while dramatically reducing the time required compared to separate monitoring of each pond
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from ground-level individual pond monitoring to aerial multi-dimensional monitoring. By viewing ponds from an elevated aerial perspective, the system can capture and analyze multiple ponds in a single operation, reducing time consumption while maintaining the precision needed for disease detection and productivity assessment
3Measurement precision
If comprehensive monitoring of all pond parameters is implemented, then disease detection accuracy is improved, but system cost and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical sensor deployments with aerial imaging technology. By using optical and image processing methods to detect disease indicators, the system achieves high detection accuracy while simplifying operations - no physical sensor installation or maintenance in each pond is required, and data is automatically processed through image analysis algorithms
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AI summary
A method (110) for monitoring at least one aquaculture pond (112) is proposed. The method (110) comprises: a) monitoring at least one aerial parameter of use of the at least one aquaculture pond (112); b) determining a temporal development of the aerial parameter of use; and c) determining an intensity of use of the aquaculture pond (112) by using the temporal development of the aerial parameter of use.